What an utterly delightful story about the posse of octogenarian nature-lovers who are finding, cataloging, and protecting Arizona's weirdest cactuses! atlasobscura.com/articles/unusu…

Since we started working from home, Kerry Wolfe has been blessing our #MFpets Slack channel with amazing photos of animal wildlife, all shot from her backyard. Naturally, we needed to know her secrets. trib.al/gIxZPAV

So Atlas Obscura laid off a number of people today, including me. I am so sad about this. My time at AO has been a dream, and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to work with.

sunday snuggles instagram.com/p/BSrEW6gggf8/

This is way better than the time my parents sent me a DNA test for Easter

when you try to get a cute family photo but the kids won't cooperate instagram.com/p/BTZlDi5hctc/

what the hell is this x.com/nytopinion/sta…

Wish we'd learned about this in history class because it's so interesting smithsonianmag.com/science-nature…

Factory farming is appaling on so many levels. Heartbreaking reporting from The New Yorker and ProPublica newyorker.com/magazine/2017/…

It makes me so happy when mags I love write about horse history smithsonianmag.com/history/mustan…

only force I need with me today is the one coming from this vortex 🌀💫 @ Bell Rock instagram.com/p/BTrn4jbgv7Z/

I've suddenly lost all desire to ever visit my parents again

gloomy skies are a welcome respite from the hot sun ☁️🌵⛰ instagram.com/p/BTzG_-EgG_9/

handsomest guy I know turns 23 today! 🎉🎈🍻🍎 instagram.com/p/BUCnWYbgeK_/

So many great animal pieces in this week's NYT Magazine mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/mag…

happy first anniversary to two of the best people I know! instagram.com/p/BUop-y4gSzeG…

the best views usually include horses 🐴🐴 @ Blennerhassett Island instagram.com/p/BUpO3D5g_Nnf…

my high school earth science teacher was a climate denier so my experience was basically this in reverse nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/…

the environmental history nerd in me loved working on this ☠️ x.com/atlasobscura/s…

Calling all friends of Atlas Obscura! We’re so excited to have been nominated for a Webby Award, and if you have had your journeys—real or imagined—enriched by our places and stories, you have a little less than two weeks to cast your vote trib.al/uce8rin